The statistic illustrates selected airlines worldwide in 2016, ranked by their fuel costs. In that year, Delta Air Lines' fuel expenditure amounted to just under six billion U.S. dollars. The leading airlines worldwide based on passenger kilometers flown in that year can be accessed here.
Selected airlines' fuel costs worldwide in 2016*
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Fuel costs in million U.S. dollars
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* Data reflects Statista's calculations based on the airlines with the highest passenger kilometers flown worldwide and does not necessarily reflect the airlines with the lowest fuel costs.
Values were converted at the currency exchange based upon rates in effect at the fiscal year end. Carrier results were based upon recent 12-month financial period disclosures. Besides Emirates Airlines (fiscal year ends March 31, 2017), all the other carriers' fiscal years end December 31, 2016.
Figures have been rounded.
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Statista. (March 29, 2017). Selected airlines' fuel costs worldwide in 2016* (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/726980/global-airlines-by-fuel-costs/
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Statista. (2017). Selected airlines' fuel costs worldwide in 2016* (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/726980/global-airlines-by-fuel-costs/
Statista. "Selected Airlines' Fuel Costs Worldwide in 2016* (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/726980/global-airlines-by-fuel-costs/
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Selected airlines' fuel costs worldwide in 2016* (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Statista, March 29, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/726980/global-airlines-by-fuel-costs/